The Hungry Earth Review **** (4 stars)

  

 Best bit: The nice Welsh community and of course The Silurains!

Worst bit: Meera Syal wasnt as good as I was expecting.
Best Character: The Doctor.I feel like Matt is The Doctor now.

Line of the episode: The Doctor: OI! DON'T DISS THE SONIC!

The Silurians are back! Saturday saw the return of the reptilian meanies in the first part of the two part adventure. I think this episode does a better job of setting up a proper story than The Time of Angels  did for the Weeping Angels two parter as we get a good look at the creatures and we know what they want but also not giving too much away like why have they captured the humans? Theres plenty of interseting tidbits too like why Amy and Rory have gone back in time to see themselves this must have some significance and wondering who will kill Alaya the Silurian.The Silurian desgin looks better than I first thought and you can see the detail gone into each prosthetic mask giving the actor/actress the chance to show facial features under all that rubber. Some have seen parallels with classic series episodes like Third Doctor Adventure Inferno which featured a drilling project and the another Third Doctor story which featured Silurains Doctor Who and the Silurians but I suppose its ok to draw inspiration from the past.As i mentioned above I have really warmed to the Eleventh  Doctor and his frantic speech is always a highlight "Oh look, a big mining thing. Oh, I love a big mining thing... see? Way better than Rio, Rio doesn't have a big mining thing." The guest cast were rather good especially the young boy Elliot played by Samuel Davies.I was expecting more from Meera Syal I mean shes alright but not exactly brilliant maybe she will have more to do in the next part. Overall a good first part but the next part will need to pick up the pace a bit for a thrilling adventure! Until next time Hwyl Fawr (When in Wales!)

Cold Blood Overnight Ratings

Overnight figures show that last nights episode The Hungry Earth was watched by 4.5 million viewers. 4.24 million tuned in on BBC One and 0.30 million watched on BBC HD.These arnet great viewing figures for Doctor Who and the lowest of the revived series so far but these are only overnight figures. The lowest viewing figures for a revived episode is 6.2 million which The Satan Pit got in 2006. The weather is most definately to blame as people of Britain flocked outside to enjoy the rare nice weather like they did  that day in 2006 when The Satan Pit was on. Final figures will be available next Monday.

The Hungry Earth Tonight!

 Tonight sees the return of another familiar foe The Silurians! The lizard like creatures get their very own two part episode written by Chris Chibnall. In the first part tonight at  6:15pm  on  BBC1 expect to see drilling, heat vision, a welsh village, a hungry hole, strange grass and another revealing outfit from Miss Pond. Dont forget Confidential after on BBC3!

The Hungry Earth Clips

The Hungry Earth Preview 22/5/10

 Starring

The Doctor - Matt Smith
Amy Pond - Karen Gillan
Rory Williams - Arthur Darvill
Dr. Nasreen Chaudhry - Meera Syal
Alaya - Neve McIntosh
Tony Mack - Robert Pugh
Elliot - Samuel Davies
Mo - Alun Raglan
Ambrose - Nia Roberts
Malohkek - Richard Hope
Eldane - Stephen Moore

Synopsis:

It’s 2015 and the most ambitious drilling project in history has reached deeper beneath the Earth’s crust than man has ever gone before – but now the ground itself is fighting back. The Doctor, Amy and Rory arrive in a tiny mining village and find themselves plunged into a battle against a deadly danger from a bygone age.

Info and rumours:

1.The Silurians return after a 26 year absence, having last appeared in the classic story Warriors of the Deep.

2. It is rumoured that the Silurians are stealing bodies to splice with Silurian DNA to make half-human/half-Silurians.

3. In a interview with SFX Meera Syal who plays Dr Chaudhry has said "her project is to drill as far as she can towards the centre of the Earth. And, in fact, the episode opens with her reaching the target, and she gets further than anybody else has ever done. And that’s what starts off the problems!”

4.The episode is set in the year 2015 in a Welsh village.

5. It was originally thought that the Sea Devils would also appear in this episode but it was just The Silurians mask that they were wearing in the Series 5 trailer.

The Hungry Earth Next time

Episode 8 title revealed!

The title of Episode 8 in Series 5 has been finnaly revealed in  Doctor Who Magazine which is out this Thursday. The Hungry Earth is the first part of a two part story which sees the return of the Silurians and is written by Chris Chibnall. I wonder if theres more inside? DWM 421 is out Thursday.